Corn-husking implement



(Model.)

A P. 8v. B. KAUFMAN.

Corn Husking Implemant. No. 237,877. i vPatented Feb. 15,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEI-ICEe PETER KAUFMAN AND BENJAMIN KAU'FMAN, OF BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

CORN-HUSKING IMPLEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,877, dated- February 15, 1881.

Application filed November 3, 1880. (Model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, PETER KAUFMAN and BENJAMIN KAUEIVIAN, both of Bloomington, in the county of McLean, and in the State of Illinois, have jointly invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gorn-Husking Implements; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l represents our improved implement and the shield as applied to the hand of a person 5 Figs. 2 and 3, detached side and front views of the implement; Fig. 4, detached l view of the shield.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvelnents in corn-husking implements, having for its object the production of an implement that is especially adapted to be held in the hand in the easiest and iirmest position, with the husking-point extending over the forefnger of the hand, where the/thumb clasps or presses against it, so as to make the operation of husking natural and easy to the hand; and to this end the invention consists in a novel construction of corn-husking implement, as will be hereinafter fully described, and speciiically pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, A represents our improved husking implement, formed from a single piece of wire or other suitable material bent to form a loop, B, with a projecting angular portion, a, thatforms the basking-point, which is curved or bent at b to conform to the shape of the thumb. The loop B is made large enough to pass over all the ngers of the hand, and be grasped by said fingers between the second and knuckle joints thereof, with the portion a projecting over the forenger, so that said portion will be clasped between the forefin ger and thumb. The end c ofthe wire is beveled off and rests upon the main portion thereof, so as to form a spring-clasp, by which the implement can be scoured to a leather shield, C, passing around the hand inside of the loop B.

The ends of said shield overlap, and one end is provided with anopening, d, and the other end cut to form a strip, c, which passes up through the opening d, and is secured between the end c and the main portion ot' the wire, a recess,j', being formed near the end c in the wire, in which the free end of the strip iits, and held securely therein by said end, pressing it against the main portion of the wire.

Instead ofthe shield C, constructed as shown, a leather mitten or glove may be substituted therefor, with the strip c cut out from it or attached to it in any suitable manner.

By having the implement constructed to pass over all of the fingers and be grasped, as before described, with the husking-point projecting over and beyond the forefinger, the implement can be held firmly andeasilyin the hand when' the fingers are closed, the loop B conforming to the natural position of the hand when the iingers are closed, whereby the implement is adapted to be more handily used and better under the control of the operator, and without any liability' of chaing the hand.

Having thus fully described our invention, we do not wish to be understood as claiming, broadly, a corn-husking implement adapted to pass over the lingers with a husking-point projecting over the foreiinger, and curved or bent for the reception of the thumb; but

What We do claim is- The herein described corn husking implement, constructed from a single piece of wire or other suitable material, bent to form the 

